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Introduction: To understand the topic of philosophy of law first we have to understand what is law? Law is nothing but a group or collection of some rules that regulates and control society or country. Every country has different rules and laws. Like in India we drive a vehicle on the left side of the road but in America we drive a vehicle on the right side of the road. There are also some international laws like if you do any bad thing then you will be punished. Laws control human behaviours. They restrict human to do bad things. Law is also important for equality, justice and fairness.
Now we have developed some sense about what is law? Now look about the philosophy of law. What is philosophy of law? Philosophy of law basically is a branch …show more content…

What is jurisprudence?
Jurisprudence:
Jurisprudence is the study of law. Scholars in jurisprudence try to obtain a deeper understanding of laws of nature, legal laws and legal institutions. Jurisprudence tries to seek, analyze, explain and classify the entire body of law. Jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law. Jurisprudence creates a body of law, methods for interpreting the law, studies the relationship between law and society, predicts the effect of legal decisions. We can divide jurisprudence into two parts: (i) analytic jurisprudence and (ii) normative jurisprudence.
Analytic jurisprudence:
Analytic jurisprudence is the branch of the legal philosophy. The principal objective of analytic jurisprudence is to find the reasons that are differentiates laws as a system of norms from the other system of norms as ethical norms. It provides sufficient conditions that distinguish law from the non-law. It attempts to analyze the laws and legal systems. Analytic jurisprudence is a legal theory that tries to understand the laws of nature. It deals about the basic questions of law. Like- “what is a law?” “What are laws?” “What is the relationship between law and power?” “What is the relationship between law and morality?” There are three theories of law that fall under analytic jurisprudence- (i) natural law theory, (ii) legal positivism and (iii) Ronald dworkin’s

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